Childhood Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes

Childhood Type 2 Diabetes is on the rise. This is the type your child has a much higher chance of getting if they are overweight and obese. Understanding diabetes? Insulin is the key factor in the diabetes discussion. It is the body's regulator of sugar in the blood. When the insulin in your body stops controlling the sugar level in your blood and the sugar stays high for extended periods of time then the result is diabetes. High blood sugar level over time has many negative effects on your body. There are two major types of Diabetes. Type 1 or insulin dependent Diabetes Mellitus, where the body does not make enough insulin and the sugar level in your blood rises and cannot be controlled without giving the individual insulin, from an outside source. Type 2 diabetes or insulin resistant diabetes. In this type there is usually enough insulin in the body to start, it is just that the insulin your body makes does not work as well as it should. Your body becomes resistant to the effects of the insulin that you make. In spite of you making more insulin in response to rising sugar, your body becomes less sensitive to the insulin effects and sugar levels continue to rise. What is the difference between how you get each type of diabetes? You are born with the tendency to develop type 1. There is very little you can do to prevent ...

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